I keep thinking these games don't matter, and the season is just about the young guys growing. But mathematically, the Beavs can still win the North. For that reason, I'm excited to see if they can string together two wins and begin playing their best ball as they head into that part of the schedule. Just a thought.

Regarding today's game, my greatest concern is the Beavs come out flat. Weird time slot, on the road, Utah looking for their first conference win…eh. I've got a worse feeling about this game today than I did yesterday. Beavs should win it, though.

also Mannion is doing exactly what Katz did last year when he had a huge game and got player of the week, He’s showing that while he will have his moments, hes still just not quite ready for prime time.

He isn’t a good passer. That was maybe his 2nd good throw. But, eventually a QB will make a halfway decent throw. Wouldn’t even be a big deal if not for horrible play calling , Wheaton dropping a touchdown and Romaine missing a FG. Everything has gone wrong.

Poyer really isn’t that good of a returner. He had the punt return vs UCLA for a score but that was the exception. He’s not a good returner. They just don’t have a guy for that with James not having the same speed. Brandin Cooks could be an option though.

There is not enough beer in the world for me to keep watching this snuff. I have never seen a team look so disorganized in every facet of the game. There is literally nothing positive about this game. What I find most disconcerting is that the game was up for grabs in the first quarter, all the Beavs needed to do was make some plays (Wheaton not dropping that TD) instead, Utah started making the plays and there was no counter punch by the Beavs.
They could come out fired up in the second half but I don’t expect anything other than a repeat of the first half. So embarrassing.

That’s why I said earlier that 0-12 would be better than 2-10 if the thought is that certain members of the coaching staff need to go for the program to move forward. Excuses can justify a down season more easily than a winless season.

I like that the announcers realize that, despite Riley’s continual assertions to the contrary, the Beavers are a passing team. Riley and Langsdorf ALWAYS want to pass, even when they pay lip service to the run.

Hey, we TRIED running up the middle 3 times against a superior front line. That means we cannot run the ball, at all, anywhere, and now its time to throw the ball 3 yards 63 times, and hope that Wheaton remembers which endzone he’s running to.

Time to rip the coaching staff a new asshole this week. They deserve plenty of flack for playing as dreadful as they are. Penalties, long 3rd downs leading to constant stalled drives and picks and inability to stop the run when we know Utah doesn’t want to pass that much. Couldn’t have been an uglier 1st half for the Beavs. If teh 2nd half is almost as bad I am prepared to end the Riley II era midseason if necessary. This is worse than pathetic to let a poor Utah team dominate us like this.

2pt conversion try makes sense to me. You can’t expect to get four possessions in quarter, so you have to take the chance to get it down to a three possession game. Of course, Riley and staff didn’t figure that out ahead of time, so they had to call a time out.

Not on Mannion, it’s on Langsdorf and Riley. If you run a lot of slants they will stop blitzing as much. Never see the Beavers run slants. Plus, Utah is getting two guys free in the backfield with a 4 man rush.

For Riley and Langsdorf it sure don’t make sense. But to every other coach running the pro-style offense has slants being ran. So frustrating to see the coaching staff not run a simple slant route. Against man defense it is highly successful. If teams blitz you and you run a slant, there’s a good chance you can house it.

Triple coverage. I c an understand Mannion seeing he could fit it in there. Overall it’s been a rough night for him. Utah has a better D than Wazzu, but the O-Line can’t block like usual and there has been so many drops. Langsdorf is a major issue as well.

Wonder how the postgame is going to go. Interesting to see how many softball questions are lobbed at Riley. He should be fired, nothing is saving him but the damn contract. A Beaver loss wouldn’t have me so pissed except for the fact that they were an embarrassment. Team didn’t show up from the start and this game wasn’t competitive past midway through the second quarter. Just awful.

What will the line on the OSU vs Furd game be?
Funny thing is the Beavs could actually pull that one out. Yes, they COULD, but being on ABC will probably jinx that.
This team is sooo inconsistent, and young, and small in the trenches, and not fired up hardly ever. Nothing they do surprises me.

I’m disgraced by our showing. Vote with your checkbook this next year. When OSU representatives call for donations, refuse until the product on the field improves. As a donor to OSU for over 35 years I’m gonna take a pause this next year, and tell the rep to forward my refusal to BDC.

I really thought the Beavers had a shot at 5 wins but 3 is a stretch now. I thought they were really improving but they’re showing that to be untrue. I love Mannion but that offensive line was trying to get him killed tonight. That contract for Riley just makes me more pissed off now. They won’t fire Riley after the season even though the team is embarrassing now. This sucks.

Tonight just showed we can not win against a tough defense. They annihilated our o-line, and we could not move the ball. It would have been nice to see some hustle from the players when there was a chance at a comeback, but I should not expect it from this crew. I am always hoping for it, but its just not OSU style. I still think this team will be great next year, but this coaching staff definitively needs an attitude adjustment. Just a bit of hustle would make a big difference.. or at least throwing in some no huddle.. there is very little reason to really huddle these days.